/*
 * Licensed under the MIT License
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2011 Kay Kreuning
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 * 
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 * 
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 * THE SOFTWARE.
 * 
 * http://code.google.com/p/hyves-as3-sdk/
 */
package nl.hyves.api.utils
{
	import flash.errors.IllegalOperationError;
	import flash.utils.Dictionary;
	import flash.utils.describeType;
	import flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName;
	public class Enum
	{
		protected static var locks:Dictionary = new Dictionary();
		
		protected static function initEnum(type:Class):void
		{
			var className:String = getQualifiedClassName(type);
			var description:XML = describeType(type);
			
			for each (var constant:XML in description.constant)
			{
				type[constant.@name]._label = constant.@name;
			}
			
			locks[className] = true;
		}
		
		/*FDT_IGNORE*/
		private var _label:String;
		/*FDT_IGNORE*/
		
		public function Enum()
		{
			var className:String = getQualifiedClassName(this);
			
			if (locks[className])
			{
				throw new IllegalOperationError(className + ' is an Enum and cannot be instantiated.');
			}
		}
	}
}